Katsina/yaradura

DNKT · Katsina, Nigeria

Climate Katsina/yaradura 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kaduna Airport (DNKA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 54.5 56 50 56 73 29
February 39.1 36 32 54 57 24
March 65.2 0 93 41 56 65
April 80.0 100 73 88 85 80
May 82.1 90 75 74 93 100
June 58.7 71 42 64 79 59
July 38.4 28 55 39 35 27
August 26.3 26 26 26 27 21
September 48.0 58 44 53 39
October 61.7 61 64 57
November 68.6 49 79 100 61
December 70.5 59 88 55 78
Average 60.5 44.4 55.1 57.6 60.5 51.4

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.9 70 68 87 76 74
February 56.7 54 49 73 70 50
March 75.4 0 96 55 72 75
April 93.6 100 89 98 94 98
May 94.4 100 90 96 100 100
June 87.6 93 86 81 98 81
July 79.6 80 94 74 75 57
August 65.2 71 74 55 64 52
September 80.9 87 79 85 76
October 86.7 86 90 80
November 89.7 80 98 100 84
December 85.0 88 94 63 83
Average 80.2 74.9 81.4 80.4 79.1 74.5

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 30.0 32 31 28 32 27
February 30.8 33 32 29 31 30
March 34.0 33 34 35 34 34
April 33.1 37 34 32 33 34
May 32.0 33 34 30 32 28
June 29.0 30 30 28 29 28
July 27.6 29 30 27 27 27
August 26.5 27 28 26 27 25
September 28.1 30 28 29 28
October 30.5 32 30 30
November 31.6 33 33 34 31
December 30.9 32 32 29 32
Average 29.5 30.3 31.6 29.8 30.2 29.6

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 18.5 18 18 18 19 19
February 20.7 21 19 21 21 21
March 24.9 33 24 25 25 24
April 26.5 32 25 28 28 25
May 25.5 26 23 28 25 28
June 23.7 25 22 23 25 24
July 22.5 22 22 21 23 23
August 21.9 22 22 21 21 22
September 21.8 23 21 21 22
October 22.6 25 20 22
November 21.5 24 18 22 21
December 19.7 18 17 23 20
Average 23.0 21.9 22.0 21.3 22.8 21.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.2 0 0 1 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
June 0.9 0 1 4 0 0
July 2.9 5 1 2 6 0
August 7.0 6 5 14 3 7
September 2.5 2 5 0 3
October 0.0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average 2.0 2.3 0.6 2.9 0.9 0.7

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.7 10 10 10 9 10
February 10.0 10 11 10 8 11
March 7.0 0 6 8 8 7
April 6.8 6 7 7 7 6
May 7.2 8 7 7 7 4
June 6.7 7 7 7 6 6
July 7.0 8 6 8 7 6
August 7.0 8 7 7 6 7
September 5.0 5 5 4 5
October 6.2 6 6 6
November 8.0 8 9 10 8
December 8.6 9 9 10 8
Average 7.1 8.4 7.6 7.6 7.2 7.3

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 058° 066° 054° 057° 059°
February 059° 056° 058° 061° 058°
March 360° 076° 073° 062° 077°
April 180° 245° 223° 118° 219°
May 221° 224° 216° 219° 194°
June 205° 211° 204° 197° 215°
July 225° 209° 215° 213° 226°
August 219° 209° 221° 218° 225°
September 185° 206° 205° 213°
October 063° 051° 069°
November 058° 060° 066° 056°
December 058° 059° 053° 062°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.